tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post8533222635628404668..comments2015-03-30T08:20:31.430-04:00Comments on The PFLAG National Blog: It is with great sorrow that we share with all of you the passing of PFLAG's founder, Jeanne ManfordPFLAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10054263509171912102noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-83661370178383951582013-02-04T11:35:47.503-05:002013-02-04T11:35:47.503-05:00Born Jeanne Sobelson in Flushing, Queens in 1920, ...Born Jeanne Sobelson in Flushing, Queens in 1920, the third of five daughters of Sadie, a housewife, and Charles Sobelson, a salesman, she studied for a short time in Alabama before stopping her studies to return home after her father&#39;s death. She married Jules Manford, had three children (Charles, Morton and Suzanne) and returned to college in her 30s, earning her bachelor&#39;s degree from Queens College and joining the faculty of PS 32 in Queens in 1964.Fleshlighthttp://www.sextoys2you.co.uk/fleshlightsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-61013081266336434992013-01-09T21:10:43.015-05:002013-01-09T21:10:43.015-05:00I feel so lucky to be part of an organization that...I feel so lucky to be part of an organization that was founded on the love of this woman for her son. I am forever grateful for the example she shared on how to be a fearless, loving mother. She brought us together to take on the world and make it a better place for all human beings. What a legacy. Rest in peace. We will continue your good work.Terrie Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-21776566467101887222013-01-09T13:07:42.361-05:002013-01-09T13:07:42.361-05:00PFLAG Norman, OK Chapter would like to offer our s...PFLAG Norman, OK Chapter would like to offer our sincere condolences to Jeanne&#39;s family. I don&#39;t know if she ever knew how many lives she touched. There are countless LGBTQ folks and the families that love them, that owe gratitude and debt to the work she did - bringing joy and happiness to those who may have had a hard time finding it. We hope and pray that we can carry on the spirit and courage of such a radical believer in love and goodness. And continue to be an ever-flowing source of support, advocacy and education to our community and across the nation. May we all do everything we can to move equality forward!PFLAG Norman, Oknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-5865167806601773402013-01-09T11:05:28.030-05:002013-01-09T11:05:28.030-05:00The story of Jeanne Manford marching in the 1972 C...The story of Jeanne Manford marching in the 1972 Christopher Street Liveration Day March with her son Morty is inspiring. It was a beautiful moment in her life of activism. <br />I was moved today for the first time to ask who Morty was, and found his obituary on a Google search. Monty Manford had been an activist for several years before those events. In 1968, when he was 17, he helped found the Gay People at Columbia University, and in 1969 he participated in the Stonewall Uprising. That same year he helped found the Gay Activist Alliance, and became its President. He went on to become an assistant NY State Attorney General. And he died at 41 years in 1992 in Flushing, Queens, from complications of AIDS. <br />The Manford&#39;s of Flushing were an iconic LGBT/PFLAG activist family.JOHN FERGUSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656136439348267548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-56440964525676946692013-01-09T09:30:34.780-05:002013-01-09T09:30:34.780-05:00What a wonderful person.... and evenmore a great m...What a wonderful person.... and evenmore a great mother.... so many of us never had this type of support from our moms... but I&#39;m sure she was a mom to many of us over they years... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-39929740136355605292013-01-08T20:54:28.426-05:002013-01-08T20:54:28.426-05:00Dirge without Music
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am...Dirge without Music<br /><br />Edna St. Vincent Millay<br /><br />I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.<br />So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:<br />Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned<br />With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned. <br />Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.<br />Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.<br />A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,<br />A formula, a phrase remains, --- but the best is lost. <br /><br />The answers quick &amp; keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,<br />They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled<br />Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.<br />More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world. <br /><br />Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave<br />Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;<br />Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.<br />I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-87089590846517155372013-01-08T17:19:08.726-05:002013-01-08T17:19:08.726-05:00On behalf of the Capital Region chapter in Canberr...On behalf of the Capital Region chapter in Canberra, Australia, we would like to extend our condolences to Jeanne&#39;s family for their loss. Jeanne has left the world a more loving, accepting, compassionate and educated place than it was before her time. The impact of Jeanne&#39;s life is felt here, on the other side of the earth. Through Jeanne&#39;s tirelessness Mums, Dads, Families and Allies across the world are now empowered to works towards a time when GLBTI people can live their lives without fear of experiencing prejudice or persecution.<br /><br />From Australia, thank you Jeanne.<br /><br />For any people who need to connect we can be found at www.facebook.com/pflagACTIvan Hintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299162782864640582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-44551014237739365862013-01-08T17:16:52.132-05:002013-01-08T17:16:52.132-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ivan Hintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299162782864640582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-15485807218748223532013-01-08T16:48:37.055-05:002013-01-08T16:48:37.055-05:00The Panama City, FL chapter is also deeply saddene...The Panama City, FL chapter is also deeply saddened by Jeanne&#39;s passing. We will take a moment at the support meeting tonight to celebrate her life and the countless lives she touched and changed for the better. We&#39;re resolved to carrying on her legacy.Rebecca Mhttp://pflag-pc.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511042038282376179.post-37939409215255267832013-01-08T16:16:15.369-05:002013-01-08T16:16:15.369-05:00On behalf of the Austin chapter, we are sad to hea...On behalf of the Austin chapter, we are sad to hear this news, but we thank Jeanne for her unwaivering lifelong commitment to equality for the LGBTQIA community. Perhaps she can put in a good word with the man upstairs so we can all live in peace.Jeff Earlyhttp://www.pflagaustin.orgnoreply@blogger.com